Stayed for 5 days with Kosin and he is one of the most helpful, easy going and cool hosts you will ever meet. His place is situated about 15 min from the colorful and noisy Bang Kapi market, 20 min taxi ride from the über cool thong lo, and 25 from downtown. If you want to stay close to Khao San road this is not the place for you, but if you want to experience a more local and less tourist style Bangkok this is definitely the cheap and good option. The room is clean quiet and have both a fan, ac and a fridge. The balcony on the front of the building is excellent for chilling out when you return from the hectic city center and need som rest before you return to the madness that is Bangkok. For this price don't expect the Hilton, but you get a good clean single room at a fraction of some of the dorms in the city center and the taxi ride back and fourth twice a day is still cheaper then living in the center. The local area is also worth exploring. The weekend market two streets down is surprisingly good and have both good food and a bargain to make on cheap shirts and random gadget, but most important is a local atmosphere that you will not experience near the more tourist minded places. All in all this is top notch budget living in Bangkok, with a host who is as friendly as the day is long. Highly recommend!!!!!